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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2013
Applicant:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Stevensville, MI (US);
James P. Carow, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Shreecharan Kanchanavally, Lisle, IL (US);
Sathish Andrea Sundaram, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 13/10 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); D06F 58/28 (2006.01); D06F 58/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 58/28 (2013.01); D06F 58/04 (2013.01); D06F 2058/2861 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a method of determining the presence of a drying rack based on image data of the laundry located in a treating chamber of a laundry treating appliance.